Cody Barrow

"The U.S. Air Force was my first job. I started at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center in Ohio...The DIA hired me as a federal civilian after my tour in Washington, DC., and I shortly thereafter pivoted off of that to join U.S. Cyber Command's predecessor organization, the Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations, and subsequently help stand up U.S. Cyber Command to become one of the command's first intelligence officers at Fort Meade...

I transitioned to the private sector in 2014 and translated my government intelligence experience to an angel funded stage startup, helped build and lead a world-class cyber intelligence team at a Fortune 20 financial institution, and eventually applied the same experiences along-side my commercial experience to switch career tracks into Product Management building software and services for commercial cyber intelligence vendors and startups."

"Product management means you're interacting with every aspect of the company. You're an octopus with tentacles everywhere but no serious strength; you work on influence. A day means meetings with engineers, the company's chief executive, customers, designers, sales personnel, and others...I apply the military planning, analytic, and leadership skills I learned in the IC every day—the "holy trinity" of the analyst, planner, and operator translates beautifully to the diversity of professions I deal with each day in product management."

"The IC today has to find its place, has to compete, and has to capitalize on the new world disposition where the rules are being actively rewritten, have no precedent, or don't exist. I envy the excitement and challenge of what's ahead for IC newcomers today."

Favorite Podcast: Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway